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...most baffling question of all about the ground war is raised by the Communists' much-heralded "third offensive" against Saigon. Anticipated as a follow-up on the February Tet offensive and the second-round attack against the capital in May, it has been thought imminent since mid-August. Yet there is still no clear sign that it is coming; in fact, the pressure is off Saigon and the other major cities. Saigon has not been shelled in three weeks...
...most hopeful estimate of the recent lack of pattern in Communist strategy is that Hanoi's aims are being consistently thwarted. The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese took heavy casualties at Tet and during the May offensive. Allied forces claim to have killed more than 13,000 Communist troops within the past month, almost four times the enemy casualty rate during the early-summer lull in fighting. One seasoned Marine general believes that the Communists no longer intend a third attack on Saigon for just this reason. "They don't have the capability," he argues. "They have lost...
...Viet Nam, Ware played a similar role on a larger scale. Not long after he arrived in Saigon, the Communists unleashed their Tet offensive. Within seven hours after its onset, Ware had organized a pick-up force of some nine infantry battalions and assorted other units and led them into positions around Saigon, where they disrupted enemy supply and reinforcement units and killed Communists retreating from the city...
...porarily successful, as they infiltrated almost two battalions into the southern fringes of Tay Ninh. In the ensuing battle, the allies were sorely tempted to use heavy weapons on dug-in Communist forces. Bomb-laden jets actually circled over the town at one point. But, in contrast to Tet and the May offensive, when whole blocks of cities and towns were knocked down, artillery and bombs were not used in Tay Ninh, and the Communists finally pulled out-after telling the population that they would be back...
...that the Communists had mere ly paused to regroup and resupply. Last week Hanoi ended the argument as Communist forces came out fighting the length of the narrow country, mounting as many as 50 coordinated assaults in a single day. Even so, the Communist campaign was weaker than the Tet offensive or the second wave of at tacks in May and June. As a result, the allies were reluctant to identify the new push as the long-expected third Communist offensive...